Buzzard cull scrapped!
In its latest and most welcome U-turn, this government has today scrapped its plans to allow buzzards’ nests to be destroyed and adult birds taken into captivity – both of which are currently illegal.
Posted 30 May 2012
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Pandering to the shooting industry
One of the very first decisions Defra’s Animal Welfare Minister James Paice made when coming to office was to overturn a ban on the use of battery-style cages for breeding pheasants. Now, it seems, he...
Posted 24 May 2012
Pro-shoot Green councillor brought into line
The Green Party has reiterated its fundamental opposition to bloodsports, following the publication in a leading regional newspaper of pro-shooting comments by a rogue councillor.
Posted 08 Mar 2012
Make landowners liable for wildlife offences
The Scottish Government has passed a law of Criminal Vicarious Liability to ensure that those who direct or turn a blind eye towards the persecution of birds of prey can be held to account by...
Posted 12 Dec 2011
New undercover film exposes suffering, death and maggot-infestation in UK ‘game bird’ farms
On a series of covert visits to ‘game bird’ farms around the country, Animal Aid’s investigators have filmed a large number of dead and ailing birds, as well as the disposal areas of some establishments...
Posted 14 Sep 2011
The inglorious twelfth: Defra challenged to follow Scottish lead in curbing raptor persecution
With the grouse-slaughtering festival known, incongruously, as the 'Glorious Twelfth' fast approaching, Animal Aid has written to Defra Minister Jim Paice calling upon him to follow the Scottish government's lead and make shooting estate owners...
Posted 04 Aug 2011
Larsen traps
Animal Aid's Shooting Consultant, Kit Davidson, was recently interviewed as part of BBC's Countryfile programme about a particularly cruel device used by gamekeepers for killing birds – the Larsen Trap.
Posted 24 May 2011
New Animal Aid guide gives ammunition to anti-shooters
Animal Aid this week publishes what is probably the most comprehensive practical guide to ‘gamebird’ shooting and the problems it presents to people living in the vicinity of shoots.
Posted 20 Oct 2010
New evidence shows why ‘enriched’ game bird cages must be banned
The new Hunting and Shooting Minister, Jim Paice, has withdrawn a new Code of Practice for 'game bird' production that would have outlawed battery cages for breeding pheasants. It has been replaced by a watered...
Posted 06 Jul 2010
Lobby your MP to oppose moves to overturn the ban on game bird battery cages
One of the first decisions by the new Hunting and Shooting Minister, Jim Paice, has been to withdraw a new Code of Practice for ‘game bird’ production (made under the Animal Welfare Act 2006). The...
Posted 07 Jun 2010